Rose continues to build good will in MVP ceremony

Tells Bulls fans before game trophy really is for 'city of Chicago'

Derrick Rose shows his MVP trophy before the start of Game 2. (Chris Sweda, Chicago Tribune)

Derrick Rose continued his family affair Wednesday night, bringing his mother and three brothers to center court with him to accept the NBA's most valuable player trophy from Commissioner David Stern.

"This right here is for the city of Chicago," Rose told the cheering crowd.

Rose's heartfelt acceptance speech from Tuesday still had people buzzing a day later.

"It was an extraordinary event," Stern said. "In addition to being a great basketball player, he's a very nice and well-rounded young man.

"He's the full package. He has a family that watched out for him and made it through difficult times. He's very valuable, not just to the league but to his teammates and as a role model to all."

John Calipari, Rose's college coach at Memphis, flew in for the presentation. Rose insisted he didn't prepare his moving remarks Tuesday.

"I didn't rehearse anything," Rose said. "If I was reading something, you would know it wasn't sincere and legit, I think. I just tried my hardest to fight through it and make it easy."

The speech didn't surprise those who see him almost every day.

"That's who he is," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "When you're around him, you see he's like that every day. That's what is most impressive about him. He has handled everything with such class and grace. He has a great demeanor and cares so much about his teammates."

Rose knows his latest hardware eventually will find its way to the basement of his mother's home. That's where Brenda Rose has constructed something akin to a shrine to her youngest son.

"That's why my brothers laugh at it because it's only me downstairs in her basement," Rose said. "And her basement is pretty big. It's kind of scary when I go over there. It's the whole basement — pictures, anything she get her hands on that has my name on it. She just loves her baby son I guess."

But for at least Wednesday night, Rose had plans for the trophy, which he held aloft for the fans after Stern handed it to him.

"It's coming with me for at least a couple of days," Rose said. "I know she's going to come get it soon."